Congratulations to the Riverside High School Speech and Debate team for winning the Green Charter Schools Novice Invitational held at Green Upstate High School in Simpsonville, SC, on September 21. In addition to winning the overall award, several students earned individual honors. The team of Annika Killian and Gabriel Killian were the champions of Public Forum Debate. Navmika Anish was the champion of Impromptu Speaking. Other award winners follow:

• Mikel Eguiraun, 2nd in Children’s Literature

• Diego Ruiz Jara, 3rd in Children’s Literature

• Juliana Lopez Africano, 4th in Children’s Literature

• Shikhar Haldia, 5th in Children’s Literature

• Navmika Anish, 7th in Children’s Literature

• Claudia Lee, 2nd in Declamation

• Isabella Batista, 5th in Declamation

• Greyson Roberts, 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation

• Mikel Eguiraun, 5th in Expository Speaking

• Lucia Callahan, 2nd in Humorous Interpretation

• Navmika Anish, 1st in Impromptu Speaking

• Isabella Batista, 5th in Impromptu Speaking

• Jon Equiraun, 2nd in Lincoln Douglas Debate

• Matthew Purvis, 8th in Lincoln Douglas Debate

• Isabella Batista, 3rd in Prose/Poetry

• Annika Killian and Gabriel Killian, 1st in Public Forum Debate

The Riverside High School Pride of Riverside Marching Band took fifth overall and second place in Class AAAAA Saturday during the Easley Foothills Tournament of Bands Competition. Congratulations to the Warriors and Band Director Kris Bence.